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Fly Me Home

Polly Ho-Yen author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:6th Jul '17

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Full of friendship, family and magic, this stunning novel by Polly Ho-Yen, author of Boy in the Tower and Where Monsters Lie, is a must-read for 9-12 readers.

Feeling lost and alone in a strange new city, Leelu wishes she could fly away back home – her real home where her dad is, thousands of miles away.

London is cold and grey and the neighbours are noisy and there’s concrete everywhere.

But Leelu is not alone;

Feeling lost and alone in a strange new city, Leelu wishes she could fly away back home – her real home where her dad is, thousands of miles away.

London is cold and grey and the neighbours are noisy and there’s concrete everywhere.

But Leelu is not alone; someone is leaving her gifts outside her house – wonders which give her curious magical powers.

Powers which might help her find her way home . . .

Fly Me Home is an incredibly moving portrait of one family’s struggle to adjust to life in a new country. Full of friendship, family and magic, this stunning novel by Polly Ho-Yen, author of Boy in the Tower (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award) and Where Monsters Lie, is a must-read for 9-12 readers.

Praise for Boy in the Tower

'An unusual and very impressive debut' The Bookseller

‘I loved it’ Bookbag

Praise for Where Monsters Lie

‘One of the most unusual and distinctive new voices in children’s fiction’ The Bookseller

ISBN: 9780552576239

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm

Weight: 213g

304 pages